High Frontiers: Dolpo and the Changing World of Himalayan PastoralistsColumbia University Press, 2004 M04 7 - 336 pages Dolpo is a culturally Tibetan enclave in one of Nepal's most remote regions. The Dolpo-pa, or people of Dolpo, share language, religious and cultural practices, history, and a way of life. Agro-pastoralists who live in some of the highest villages in the world, the Dolpo-pa wrest survival from this inhospitable landscape through a creative combination of farming, animal husbandry, and trade. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
1 Dolpos AgroPastoral System | 19 |
2 Pastoralism in View and Review | 43 |
3 A Sketch of Dolpos History | 60 |
4 A New World Order in Tibet | 73 |
5 Nepals Relations with its Border Populations and the Case of Dolpo | 95 |
6 The Wheel is Broken | 107 |
7 Visions of Dolpo | 133 |
9 Perspectives on Change | 187 |
Notes | 205 |
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Glossary | 253 |
Appendix 1 | 257 |
Appendix 2 | 259 |
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8 A Tsampa Western | 169 |
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High Frontiers: Dolpo and the Changing World of Himalayan Pastoralists Kenneth M. Bauer Limited preview - 2004 |
High Frontiers: Dolpo and the Changing World of Himalayan Pastoralists Kenneth M. Bauer No preview available - 2004 |